Written answers
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agriculture Supports
Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated annual cost of supports currently being provided for supports (details supplied). [41041/24]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has provided a number of schemes in support of extreme weather/flooding in recent years. These include the Shass Landslide Scheme, the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme, the Unharvested Crop Loss Support Scheme, the Fodder Transport Support Scheme and most recently the Cooley Flood Damage Relief Scheme.
Please see table below outlining the cost associated with the most recent schemes, as of 14/10/2024. Further payments may issue under the various schemes depending on the outcome of reviews and appeals etc. Payment have not commenced for the Fodder Transport Support Scheme and the Cooley Flood Damage Relief Scheme.
| Scheme | Cost (as of 11/10/2024) |
| Shass Landslide Scheme | €0.34 million |
| Shannon Callows Flood Scheme | €0.75 million |
| Unharvested Crop Loss Support Scheme | €1.67 million |
| Fodder Transport Support Scheme | Payments yet to issue |
| Cooley Flood Damage Relief Scheme | Payments yet to issue |
Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated annual cost of supports currently provided for schemes (details supplied). [41042/24]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the 2024 allocations for my department's agri-environmental Schemes is set out in the following table.
| SCHEME | 2024 Allocation €000 |
|---|---|
| B.3 - AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES | 92,499 |
| B.4 - AREAS OF NATURAL CONSTRAINT SCHEME | 247,000 |
| B.10 - FORESTRY & BIO ENERGY* | 115,000 |
| B.14 - AGRI-CLIMATE RURAL ENVIRONMENT SCHEME | 200,000 |
| B.15 - ORGANIC FARMING SCHEME | 47,000 |
| SUCKLER CARBON EFFICIENCY PROGRAMME | 52,000 |
| NATIONAL GENOTYPING PROGRAMME | 5,000 |
*2024 forestry allocation includes €18 million of the Department's 2023 deferred capital surrender.
Subhead B.3 Agri-Environmental Schemes consists of a number of schemes including:
- GLAS
- Locally led Agri-Environmental Schemes
- Traditional Buildings
- Other Agri Environmental Initiatives (e.g. Soil Sampling, Multi-species Sward Measure and Red Clover Silage Measure)
- An agri-environment Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) and an Organic Farming scheme. These schemes will ultimately be funded from the European Union Recovery Instrument
- Straw Incorporation Measure
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